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Conference Key Messages: Volunteering the Golden Thread in Health

September 27, 2017

On 14th of September VHS held a conference, ‘Volunteering the Golden Thread in Health’, which brought together over 120 delegates to discuss volunteering by third sector organisations in an NHS setting. The conference is a milestone in VHS’s Clear Pathway Project, which is a collaborative piece of work that is developing guidance to support safe, effective and person centred volunteering in NHS settings, with the focus on volunteers recruited and managed by third sector organisations.

You can read the full key messages report here:

Key Messages Volunteering The Golden Thread 14 September 2017

Presentations from the conference.

Building a Shared Agenda:

Claire Stevens Voluntary Health Scotland

Alan Bigham Scottish Health Council

Joanna Swanson Scottish Government

Game Changing Ideas and Innovation:

Jane Ferguson, Jullie Tran Graham & Chris Burghes

Workshop Presentations:

Safe Workshop – Disclosure Scotland

Effective Workshop – Volunteer Edinburgh & NHS Lothian

Person Centred Workshop – NHS Tayside & Dundee Voluntary Action

Transcript of the Cabinet Secretary’s speech:

Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Keynote Address

 

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